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Stephen A. Smith apologizes for false claims about Taylor and Shumpert’s divorce
Stephen A. Smith apologized to actress Teyana Taylor and former NBA player Iman Shumpert for repeating false claims about their divorce.
He had said Taylor received $25 million, property and other assets, while Shumpert was left with about $2 million and nowhere to live.
Smith said the figures and quotes attributed to Shumpert were inaccurate.
He said he had relied on claims circulating in media reports and on social media.
Taylor personally told Smith that the information was false, he said.
Taylor and Shumpert married in 2016, finalized their divorce in 2024 and have two daughters.
The apology highlights that repeated claims online are not necessarily true.
Smith said he takes responsibility and apologized to both.
Stephen A. Smith apologized to Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert for making false claims about their divorce settlement.
Smith had said Taylor received $25 million, $10 million in property and other assets, while Shumpert was left with about $2 million and nowhere to live.
He said the financial figures were inaccurate and that quotes attributed to Shumpert were not his statements.
Smith said Taylor personally told him the information circulating was false.
Taylor and Shumpert married in 2016 and finalized their divorce in 2024.
- Who
- Stephen A. Smith apologized to Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert.
- What
- He apologized for sharing false claims about their divorce settlement.
- When
- The apology followed an October episode of Smith’s Culture Table podcast. An exact date for the apology is not stated.
- Where
- Smith addressed the claims on his eponymous podcast.
- Why
- He said the financial figures were inaccurate and quotes attributed to Shumpert were not his statements.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Those statements were inaccurate and I want to sincerely apologize to both Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor.
I personally spoke to Teyana Taylor who verified herself that the information circulating out there is patently false.
The quotes attributed to him, however, were not his statements at all, and the financial figures presented were inaccurate.
Smith made claims about the financial outcome of Taylor and Shumpert’s divorce on an episode of Culture Table.
Taylor told Smith the information circulating was false, and he issued an apology.
- Former spouses
- Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert
- Podcast
- Culture Table
- Marriage
- 2016
- Divorce finalized
- 2024
- Claims Smith retracted
- $25 million and $10 million in property for Taylor; about $2 million and nowhere to live for Shumpert
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